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Baby has gone transverse at 34 weeks (second pregnancy) - very cross

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2008 17:40

Other than being hugely painful, this is bloody terrible news. DD flipped to breach at 38 weeks and then went back cephalic but this one has been head down since week 21. Then I was in the bath and had some sort of major earthworks going on in my bump and suddenly there is a big bloody head on one side high up, and a very clearly defined pair of feet on my left hand side fairly low down. So he's not even properly transverse!

Boys! Gah!

Please someone tell me he'll go back.

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NorthernLurker · 19/06/2008 17:42

If there's room for him to shift then there's room for him to shift back? Hope so for you sake anyway. I thought boys were supposed to be co-operative and it was girls that were trouble?

dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 17:44

oh whomoved huge sympathies as am also 34wls and scan yesterday showed baby also transverse but with head down somewhere over left hip area?!?

oh oh and shoulder presenting at the moment - am NOT best pleased about that!!!

according to lovely sonographer (and bless her for trying to put it nicely) its due to this being my 3rd pregnancy and there is more room due to knackered stomach muscles for baby to move about

apparently we have plenty of time though if that helps

what have they said? I'm back in a fortnight for a presentation scan to see whats going on

and here was me just thinking I had dropped slightly

AitchNunsnet · 19/06/2008 17:45

ow, ow, oh NO whomoved i was really hoping this wasn't you...

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2008 19:52

My GP confirmed it when I took DD in for something else. I have to go see the midwife Monday who will no doubt be sodding well delighted that she won't have to attend my homebirth ARRRRRGGHH

I wouldn't mind so much but he's been engaged for so long. Serves me right I guess for actually getting five minutes for a bath - as soon as I go into water he legs it about like a frog!

I don't think he has enough room to turn again, simply because of the angle he turned at - it was incredibly painful, I actually thought I was going to have an Alien type incident . A massive point appeared and my entire stomach distended up about ten inches - twas scary - quite glad DH didn't see, he would have rushed me to hospital (or perhaps a priest!)

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2008 19:53

dizzy - an unstable lie is better than transverse arrest though - esp. on a third pregnancy. I unfortunately have really amazing stomach muscles (to the point where I have a 25 inch waist when not pregnant with muscle outlines - so it's not like I'm all floppy and things move that much.

It's about the only time you regret having a skinny middle!

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NorthernLurker · 19/06/2008 20:42

Do you think you scrubbing the floor for the next 6 weeks will help? That's supposed to be good for positioning isn't it? Can the medics try shifting him out of position if he stays where he is? Like they do with breech? Personally i have to say I never liked the sound of that and would have been very reluctant to go with that. Staggeringly unhelpful of me I know!

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/06/2008 20:52

ECV is not an option for me, I have a bleeding disorder - it would be an incredibly stupid consultant who risked putting any pressure on the placenta. Now don't get me wrong, I do know a very stupid consultant but I suspect his boss would get to him first

Scrubbing the floors I've already been doing. I'm torn between dreading him sticking where he is, and the pain that is going to come if he does decide to follow the herd and go cephalic again.

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NorthernLurker · 19/06/2008 21:10

Ok - best not to go anywhere near the stupid doctor then

You do have a bit of a Hobsons Choice there don't you?

I would love to know why a baby goes to all the effort of shifting themselves like that. It can't be a bundle of laughs for them either so why don't they just stay put?

I will hope that he shifts quickly and painlessly anyway

lilithxx · 20/06/2008 00:40

Hi,
I would recommend an American website spinning-babies.com All about correcting malpositioned babies. May not be much about transverse but if you feel like contacting the site owner she may be quite helpful.

Liz

Takenoprisoners · 20/06/2008 08:15

Mine flipped between cephalic at 34, then oblique, then breech then cephalic again at 36 weeks (am now 38). I did LOADS of OFP, including somehow getting myself upside down on an ironing board securely wedged on an armchair. Also had moxibustion appt lined up but didn't need it as baby had turned by then. It's worth trying it all at this stage - and talk to him nicely, pretty please, to turn cephalic again and be a good boy. Good luck!

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whomovedmychocolate · 20/06/2008 14:10

Okay, some good news of sorts. He's head down.

At 3am this morning I woke up because DD was crying. She'd had a nightmare and pooped herself. Halfway through climbing down the stairs the electricity went off! Pitch darkness. 30lb toddler in my arms halfway down a double leg staircase.

We made it to the kitchen with me yelling for DH who couldn't hear us . Found torches and candles and changed DD and it was at this point I realised I was in a lot of pain. Phoned the labour ward and then the electricity board - the latter answered the phone quicker!

The labour ward said 'come in if you are in pain' I said 'I can't I can't find the blinking car keys in the dark nor get safely to the car with DD' DS was obviously listening because at this point he pain stopped and I looked down to find a normal shaped bump. Explained situation to midwives who said 'well it's up to you, come in now or in the morning'. So we opted for the latter, sat in the dark watching the Night Garden DVD on my laptop (great source of light btw in a power cut) till the power came back on an hour later.

Scan this morning showed he's in exactly the right position but obv. if he can flip, he may well do so again, so I'm going to be going in every week to check he's being cooperative.

And I've been out to buy more torches - would be bloody typical if I have to give birth during a power cut!

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PInkyminkyohnooo · 20/06/2008 14:32

What a drama!
My DS moved around a few times towards the end of my pregnancy- my bump mainly looked like a huge lumpy potato and it was very uncomfortable- so I sympathise greatly. He ended up posterior so I had a backache labour. I really hope he stays put for you now.

NorthernLurker · 20/06/2008 16:12

great to hear he's moved - lets hope he's too comfy there to shift again

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whomovedmychocolate · 20/06/2008 16:16

I've done a National trust and put uncomfy things on the sofas so I'm not tempted to try and sit on them. Tis all I can do. At least the Supervisor of Midwives is coming out next week to book me for my homebirth. If the little bugger shifts on Tuesday I'm disowning him!

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nooka · 20/06/2008 16:28

My ds was transverse oblique, but nobody noticed - in fact they all said he was head down, and the midwife showed her trainee spine, head etc. dh thinks he moved before I went into labour, but I think he was stuck like that for a while as he was very wonky when born. I was also hoping for a home birth. I hope your baby stays where he should!

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